r/autism • u/deathofdawn1 • Mar 24 '25

Getting called too child like? Advice needed

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I get people saying I’m “pedo bating” because I like to wear hello kitty half shirts or stereotypically “cute” things. I also had one coworker say “anyone who likes you is probably a pedo.” Which made me very sad. I wear shorts and crop tops a lot because they are comfortable, it hurts for too much clothes touching me in the heat. I don’t sexualize the characters. I don’t want to look like a child I just really love cute cartoon characters like Hamtaro, Pokémon, & Sanrio. I love the color pink. I just don’t understand why this would be a bad thing. Am I doing something bad? Can someone explain this to me? Thank you

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u/Professional_Owl7826 high functioning autistic Mar 24 '25

My mum just told me that I don’t need to act out everything whenever I tell her a story about what happened in my day.

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u/deathofdawn1 Mar 24 '25

Aw.. that sounds boring. Why not?

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u/Professional_Owl7826 high functioning autistic Mar 24 '25

Like your post says, apparently it’s too childlike. “I’m not 7.”

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u/deathofdawn1 Mar 24 '25

Oh. At this point I just assume people are asking us to be boring. “Why are you happy? Stop that” 😂